警察对心理健康求助行为的态度、意图及刻板印象
Police Officers' Attitudes, Intentions, and Stereotyping Towards Mental Health Help Seeking Behaviors.
作者信息
Hakeos Suzanne, Mueller Martina, Davidson Tatiana, Thoen Megan A, Nichols Michelle, Miller Sarah
机构信息
Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing.
Medical University of South Carolina.
出版信息
Res Sq. 2025 Mar 31:rs.3.rs-6181234. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6181234/v2.
UNLABELLED
Police officers have a history of decreased willingness to seek mental health help. Increasing focus has been placed on enhancing the officer's mental wellbeing but has this improved their help-seeking behavior?
METHODS
This cross-sectional quantitative study evaluated officers' mental health help-seeking attitudes, intentions, and stereotyping of others seeking help using mental distress levels. Data was collected from 337 officers across 22 states.
RESULTS
Statistical significance was found in 1) age and mental distress, 2) gender on help-seeking attitudes, intentions, and stereotyping, and 3) experience and mental distress. Officers reported more positive help-seeking attitudes, intentions, and stereotyping.
CONCLUSIONS
Officers in this study showed improved help-seeking behaviors, positive stereotyping of help-seekers, and the majority of officers fell within the low (0-4) and moderate (5-12) mental distress groups. Results could be due to increased departmental focus on police-centric mental wellbeing services and education.
未标注
警察历来不太愿意寻求心理健康帮助。人们越来越关注提高警察的心理健康水平，但这是否改善了他们寻求帮助的行为呢？
方法
这项横断面定量研究使用心理困扰水平评估了警察寻求心理健康帮助的态度、意图以及对其他寻求帮助者的刻板印象。数据收集自22个州的337名警察。
结果
在以下方面发现了统计学显著性：1）年龄与心理困扰，2）性别对寻求帮助的态度、意图和刻板印象的影响，3）经验与心理困扰。警察报告了更积极的寻求帮助态度、意图和刻板印象。
结论
本研究中的警察表现出改善的寻求帮助行为、对寻求帮助者的积极刻板印象，并且大多数警察属于低（0 - 4）和中度（5 - 12）心理困扰组。结果可能归因于部门对以警察为中心的心理健康服务和教育的更多关注。
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